DigitalOcean seeks a Senior Software Engineer II to work on the virtualization stack that powers their Droplet virtual machine product. You will design, develop, and maintain low-level software systems that host every DigitalOcean droplet at extreme scale, collaborating across hardware, kernel, performance, and observability teams.
What You’ll Do- Design, develop, test, and implement the IT systems underlying DigitalOcean's core virtual machine (Droplet) product
- Maintain and evolve the low-level virtual machine stack while preparing it to support future software updates and new hardware
- Collaborate with open source Linux, QEMU, and libvirt communities to drive the evolution of Linux virtualization technologies and incorporate them into the DigitalOcean fleet
- Accelerate the virtualization of next-generation GPU-enabled platforms that power AI/ML workloads
- Backport, build, and deploy software patches to support new features, fix bugs, and resolve security issues; contribute to on-call rotation
What You Need
- Strong understanding of Linux-based operating systems with comfortable development and operation experience on Linux
- Deep experience with the internals of QEMU, KVM, Linux kernel, and libvirt
- Strong proficiency in C
- Proven track record of solving problems at scale
- Strong security mindset and proactive approach to identifying and implementing security best practices; excellent cross-team collaboration skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with Debian packaging
- Experience with Go, Python, and/or Ruby
- Experience with Chef, AWX, and/or Kubernetes
- Experience with GPU virtualization and Firecracker microVMs
Salary range $167,000-209,000 plus potential bonus and equity compensation; competitive benefits including professional development reimbursement, LinkedIn Learning access, flexible time off, and Employee Stock Purchase Program eligibility
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